Fulton 19 update: Witness list emerges, flirtation with bond revocation, Trump trial date wrangling
Booking photos from the Fulton County conspiracy case charging Donald Trump and allies with trying to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. Top row, from left Jeffrey Clark, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Michael Roman, Ray Smith, David Shafer, Sen. Shawn Still. Center row, from left, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro. Bottom…
What’s Next for Donald Trump Now That His Gag Orders Were Upheld?
Andrea Renault/STAR MAX Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Update, December 10: Donald Trump announced Sunday afternoon that he had changed his mind and will not testify in his own defense in his civil fraud case. “I have already testified to everything & have nothing…
In India, a Growing Need for AC Could Add to Global Heating
Men remove an air conditioner in advance of a building demolition in New Delhi.Naveen Sharma/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For Muskan, the arrival of summer in Delhi is the “beginning of hell.” As temperatures in her cramped, densely populated east Delhi neighborhood often…
Family Separation at the Border Is Over, for Now
Children taken into custody sit in cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas in June 2018.U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Rio Grande Valley Sector/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, a federal judge in San Diego approved a settlement that prohibits the separation…
You Won’t Believe What New Mexico Is About to Buy
An oil drilling rig and oil storage tanks in Loving, New Mexico.Jim West/Zuma This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. New Mexico will invest $500 million into purchasing water from controversial sources, including treated oilfield wastewater, as a means to bolster the state’s water portfolio. The…
Lawmakers close redistricting session; judge to decide if GOP-crafted maps comply with order
Lawmakers watch the votes comes in as a new congressional map cleared the House Thursday with a party-line vote. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder This story was updated at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8. 2023 after the governor signed the maps. Depending on who is asked, a newly redrawn congressional map is either an open act of…